# Incident 20010227005409I: Cessna 310R, Columbus, OH, February 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2001, 18:59 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6160X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6160X-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 396 in this make and model, 329 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010227005409I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) PILOT WAS FLYING FROM TOL TO GRR WHEN HE WENT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN TO LAND AT GRR, HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND. THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT INDICATING THAT IT WAS DOWN. PILOT DID A FLY-BY AND THE TOWER SAID THAT THE NOSE GEAR LOOKED PARTIALLY DOWN. PILOT LEFT THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM. HE TRIED RECYCLING THE GEAR LEVER, MANUALLY HAND CRANKING AND PULLING POSITIVE G-S TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE GEAR FALL OUT, BUT NONE OF THESE WERE SUCCESSFUL. HE THEN DECIDED TO FLY TO CMH, WHICH IS HIS PRINCIPLE OPERATIONS BASE SO HE COULD TALK TO A MECHANIC OVER THE RADIO. MECHANIC SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THE NOSE GEAR LINKAGE WAS BROKEN AND THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO LAND WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN WHATEVER POSITION IT WAS CURRENTLY IN. PILOT LANDED ON 28R AT CMH AND HELD THE NOSE OFF OF THE GROUND FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. AS SOON AS THE MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN, HE PULLED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUT-OFF. THE NOSE THEN TOUCHED DOWN AND SLID FOR ABOUT 300 FEET. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. AFTER INSPECTING THE A/C BROKEN NOSE GEAR LINKAGE WAS FOUND.

## Other reports on N6160X (4)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980310005399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980310005399I), Mar 10, 1998: Cessna 310R (N6160X), Kansas City, MO. Narrative: incident number CE98IGA0038, aircraft departed mkc had drop in fuel pressure and power loss, returned to mkc landed with no further incident.…
- [Incident 19980302006629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980302006629I), Mar 2, 1998: Cessna 310R (N6160X), Omaha, NE. Narrative: aircraft inbound to Omaha, NE when pilot did not get rmlg green light. Aircraft landed safely. Maintenance replaced the rmlg downlock microswitch.
- [Incident 19920127001129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920127001129I), Jan 27, 1992: Cessna 310R (N6160X), Des Moines, IA, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up. He stated he put gear down over outer marker.
- [Accident 19901029061482A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901029061482A), Oct 29, 1990: Cessna 310R (N6160X), Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. While holding for takeoff wing of a taxiing DC9 N972VJ struck vertical stabilizer. DC9 taxiing on adjacent taxiway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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